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I'm motiated
To change a few things in my life
I've overrated
Myself in my mind
When all I ask is to make a change for you my dear
And all I ask is to escape these fears of life
And all I ask is to make a change for good
ÔCause I know - It's yet to begin
And I know - We won't get the chance again
And no one else could ever be the same
No one else could ever be the same
And I won't ask you to join me
ÔTill my future can employ me
Joyously
Join us please
My motivations slipping
I don't know where or why
But I won't get caught wishing
I was there and I won't cry
I'll make a change that we might get away from here
I'll make a change that we just might escape our fears
I'll make a change that just might be for good
ÔCause I know - I'll take it on the chin
And I know - that I'm never givin' in
ÔCause no one else could ever be the same
No one else could ever be the same
And I won't ask you to join me
ÔTill my future can employ me
Joyously
Join us please
Conversations
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He says, "there's something better
A life more like our dreams."
She says, "we'll just regret it
When we fuck up everything;
We're only mediocre -
We can't write the world."
But he's not rolling over
He's nursing brighter pearls
Its the way he lives his life
The makes us want to be his friend
It's the way he lives his life
That makes it worth it in the end
To live
He hopes that they'll remember
These days as they grow old
She knows it can't get better
Than the stories they have told
But somehow he's still open
To what is yet to come
And somehow, look, he's showin'
Her just how it's done
Its the way he lives his life
The makes us want to be his friend
It's the way he lives his life
That makes it worth it in the end
To live
To live... with all we cary
To live
To live and still be daring
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Two months of routine
Two days will make recede
If you find a way to see the world
As larger than you are..
Larger than you are..
And not so far from home
The sky is lined with gold
Where you drive away to show the world
That you're larger than you are..
So much larger than you are..
So small
So sure
Watch out!
You're gunna see the dark side
Stand tall
This hurts
Watch out!
You're gunna see the bright light
Now...
Grab a friend and sing it out loud, love
Hey, Hey, Throw your time away
Hey, Hey, it's gotta be spent today
I said
Hey, Hey, Throw your time away
Hey, Hey, It's gotta be spent - It's gotta be spent today...
A phone call from a friend
You only meet in dreams
Can do a lot to end the way you see
The world as smaller than you are..
So much smaller than you areÉ
Hail Them
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Hail them - see if their listening
And Tracin' the lines of your feelings
Share the message
Spread the word
Infect the world with your love
Call out
Call out invite them
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid if they don't respond
You're not the only one
Not the only one without friends
It's just a matter of time now
A matter of time Ôtill they find out
Holler - see if they're listless
And follow the tide of your feelin's
Their yer brothers
Their yer lovers
They will blossom for you
You can
Love, you can trust me
We're not all the same
No one's the same but we all relate
It's chaos I know
It's chaos but don't - no, don't let go
It's jsut a matter of time, now
A matter of time Ôtill you find out...
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My stars, unseen and unemployed, will die;
My sun, confused and jealously looks on
The brighter twin ascending to the sky,
The love that turns the darkest night to dawn.
May the stars burn out
May the stars burn out
The shadows all are banished from the Earth,
And need for shade or shelter's been revoked,
And nevermore will glare be said to hurt;
My love is all and more than I could hope.
May the stars burn out
May the stars burn out
Like candles in daylight
Like moonshine at noontime
The stars burn out
May the stars burn out
She warms the deepest trenches of the sea
And thinner air on mountain tops does not
Diminish any of the life she feeds
To fawn and flora, which without were lost.
May the stars burn out
May the stars burn out
Like candles in daylight
Like moonshine at noontime
The stars burn out
May the stars burn out
Burn..
Burn Out..
May they..
Burn out..
And so unlike the other burning stars
My love is near and safe to hold to heart
The Embrace of All
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Sitting naked staring at the screen
I take it you canÕt believe
The world would take a turn for the worse
And the love will find you
Despite all you have learned
We were sent to shine not born to burn
Do you know the business of heaven
Do you know the meaning of human
Do you know the reason for living
Do you know the embrace of all
Sitting naked staring at the screen
I take it you canÕt believe
The world would take a turn for the worse
Man, you know theyÕve given up
All there is to give
We were made to make
Not brought to blame
Do you know the purpose of progress
Do you know the measure of madness
Do you know the color of kindness
Do you know the song of the whales
No one knows it
No one knows it
No one knows the why they're livin'
É
No one knows what they've been given
Do you know the pressure of perfect
Do you know the anchor of aching
Do you know the sure side of searchin'
Do you know the embrace of all
Embrace it all!
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Starting again
Reinventing
Who are so youÕll become
Who you want to be
Given a space
Where you can create
You can hear destiny
Calling
We are the clay
And sculptor at play
If you hear destiny
Can you hear destiny
Calling for you
All you have to do
When sheÕs calling for you
Is respond Ð
This is a rock I can roll and mold for you are me and we are a meant to be
leavinÕ ourselves know what our hearts felt and see who we are to re
Invest in me
Staring again
Instigating
The changes you desire
To be proud to sleep
Given the time
You can design
The echo of your
Calling
We are the blind
And givers of sight
If we can hear destiny
I can hear destiny
Calling for you
All you have to do
When sheÕs calling for you
Is respond Ð
Respond É
With InvigoratinÕ Energy
YouÕll sleep with synchronicity
Respond when sheÕs calling for you
WeÕre startinÕ
WeÕre StarvinÕ
WeÕre startinÕ
Over and OverÉ
One step at a time
The journey is life
One chip at a time
Creation is why
Not all at once, no
Enlightenment is not a goal
If you can hear destiny
I can hear destiny
Calling for you
All you have to do
When sheÕs calling for you
Is respond Ð
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Today I feel like Hemmingway
Tomorrow I might feel like Bono
Vox
Yesterday I felt like Dad
ÔGuess growing up ainÕt half as badÕs
I thought
ItÕs coffee in the afternoon
Gin and Tonic as I chat with you
And smile
SpeakinÕ Spanish best I can
Quite convinced I am a man
Worth While
Feeling like Hemmingway
Dealing with the everyday
Stealing to find a way
For me
Feeling like him today
Feeling like Him today
Like Hemmingway
(I fleaÉ IÕm freeÉ IÕm meÉ)
Sometimes I feel like captain Kirk
Snicker, but you know it could be worse,
Man
And now I feel like David Brin
Somehow I know you ainÕt heard of him
ThatÕs too bad
Malt vinegar on fish and chips
The cigarette I only lit
To finger
Faking french anong my friends
Joing teams where IÕm said
To be A ringer
Feeling like Hemmingway
Dealing with the everyday
Stealing to find a way
For me
Feeling like him today
Feeling like Him today
Like Hemmingway
(I fleaÉ IÕm freeÉ IÕm meÉ)
Sometimes I feel like I might be
No one else but simple me
And I'm glad
Wallpaper
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Crying for approval from
The formless few who need it most
Trying to out shine the sun
When you're the why of heaven's host
Climb through the window
Walk on the ledge
Risking it all for a long shot
Finding out slow
Too late what it meant
Your wife's at the show all alone
And you're not
Tell me what could it cost
And
Are you just wallpaper now
Are we just extras - the crowd
In some other star's motion picture adventure - and on the
Bench do we sit this one out
Dying to take credit for
The favors fate gave up to you
Vying for a better score
Than the skills you've gained made up to you
Who takes the credit
Who takes the blame
When in the end it's all the same
Beware what you wish for
Beware what you trade
That walk to the jetty can't be replayed
It's the rules of the game
And
Are you just wallpaper now
Are we just extras - the crowd
In some other star's hi-fi song - you love to sing along - or is this
Wrong - your friends need you where you belong - and should we
Score the game
And rate the film
By the number of smiles in the
cities and fields
'Cause the reason for suns
and the moons and the stars
is to light up the skies in the lifetimes like ours - so
Don't be afraid you don't have to be loud
No need to be heard for you to be proud
And each of the star's motion picture adventures is meant for you - and it's
Your thoughts make art profound
Are you just wallpaper nowÉ
Are you just wallpaper nowÉnoÉ
It's your thoughts that make ours profound
Haunted
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Hey it's rainin' in the middle of the night
I should be dreamin' in bed with my wife
But here I am still playing guitar
4 AM, What's wrong with my heart?
I love my art
I love my art
More important things that I should get done
I'm only puttin' myself under the gun
Yet no one tells me I ain't doin' my part
I still believe this is only the start
I love my art
I love my art
It doesn't matter if I'm wanted
The
world just fades away
Here inside my mind I'm haunted
By
the words I have to say
Like Shaun Fanning as he rocked it
I
won't sleep for sixty days
But that's not the way she bought it
Am
I gunna have to change
I
love my art
I
love my art
Next afternoon and it's wasting away
Got lots to do, but I just wanna play
I'm quite happy not being a star
But I need these hours to keep out of the dark
I love my art
I love my art
It doesn't matter if I'm wanted
The
world just fades away
Here inside my mind I'm haunted
By
the words I have to say
Like Shaun Fanning as he rocked it
I
won't sleep for sixty days
But that's not the way she bought it
Am
I gunna have to change
I
love my art
I
love my art
Still I'm Haunted
By a Spirit
..That possesses at night
..Of one and the five
..A dove still dying to fly
For BranchesÉ Still I'm Haunted
The
world just fades away
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In your bare feet
On linolium floor
Reaching for the Bombay
It's been a long dayÉ
Frost covered ice cubes
Soon there's not anymore
Reaching for the soda
Who could've have told ya?
Are you grown up now?
Is this what it's all about?
This stumblin' round
In self-confident doubt
Are you grown up now?
Will you pay the bills
Once you've had your fill?
Sippin', you're unsure
Of what itÕs worthÉ
Are you grown up now?
Is this what it's all about?
This stumblin' round
In self-confident doubt
Are you grown up now? Grow up now!
Pause before you shut the front door
'Cause no-one else will let you in tonight
Pause before you shut the doorÉ
In the dark of dawn
With the iron on
Calcium juice and a pill
You find the will
Pause before you shut the front door
'Cause no-one else will let you in tonight
Pause before you shut the front door
'Cause no-one elseÉ can let you inÉ
Are you grown up now?
Is this what it's all about?
This stumblin' round
In self-confident doubt
Are you grown up now? Grow up Now!
Grow up - downÉ (Don't grow up down)
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Wake up Wake up
Wake up Wake up
Wake up Wake upÉ daddy's on the phone again
Wake up Wake upÉ then you can go back to bed
Wake up Wake up
Just this: Just this once.. won't you wake up for me
Just this: Just this, butÉ there's no way it's gunna be
Just this: Just this, love
Into the morning lightÉ
Into the morning lightÉ
I wish you'd rise
Open your eyes
To the morning light
So bright
The morning light
So frighteningÉ
Don't frighten me.
Oh oh oh oh ohÉ
What are you doin'
What are you thinkin'
Are you even aware
Some body's sinkin'É
Are you even aware?
Don't frighten me.
Into the morning lightÉ
Wake up Wake up
Wake up Wake up
Don't frighten me.
Back
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Windswept plains
White capped waves
Sunburnt Dunes
Unheard Tunes
She runs back to the beach
She runs away from me
'Said she'd walk the plank
Before she'd stay
'Said she'd just as soon
Hang from a noose
What a nuisanceÉ
Come onÉ back
She runs to the beach - she runs from me
She's out of reach - I don't know how to be
Come onÉ back
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